US7655097B2 - Method of washing solid grain - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a process for washing solid particles, and more particularly to a process for efficiently washing solid particles with a reduced amount of a washing liquid.
- washing of solid particles with a washing liquid has been frequently carried out in the production of organic and inorganic chemical products. Recently, soils contaminated with harmful substances such as dioxin are washed with a washing liquid such as water for regeneration.
- the washing of solid particles basically includes a step for transferring impurities in the solid particles into a washing liquid and a step for separating the solid particles from the washing liquid.
- the impurities are removed from the solid particles by dissolution into the washing liquid or by dispersion into the washing liquid after divided into finer particles.
- a tank equipped with a stirrer has been frequently used to enhance the removing efficiency and to increase the transferring speed of the impurities into the washing liquid.
- the impurities can be almost completely transferred into the washing liquid by modifying the structure of the washing tank and controlling the residence time of the solid particles therein.
- the solid particles are separated by discarding the supernatant after allowing a slurry to stand or by a solid-liquid separation method such as filtration and centrifugal precipitation.
- a some amount of the washing liquid is generally retained in the solid particles separated by these separation methods.
- the washing liquid itself retained in the solid particles is removed by drying, but impurities in the washing liquid remains in the solid particles without being evaporated to result in an insufficient removal of the impurities.
- Another problem to be solved upon washing solid particles is to reduce the amount of a used washing liquid to be discharged as the waste.
- the direct discharge of the used washing liquid causes environmental pollution.
- the used washing liquid should be discharged after decomposing the impurities or making the impurities harmless by chemical or biochemical treatments. It is advantageous for the decomposition or the treatment of making harmless that the amount of the waste liquid is smaller and the impurities are more concentrated therein, because the size of apparatus can be reduced and the energy required can be saved.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a process capable of sufficiently removing impurities in solid particles by washing the solid particles with a washing liquid in a simple apparatus and capable of reducing the amount of a used washing liquid to be discharged as the waste.
- the inventors have found that the impurities in the solid particles are sufficiently removed and the amount of a used washing liquid to be discharged is considerably reduced by feeding the solid particles and the washing liquid into a washing tank to form a high-concentration zone of the solid particles in the washing tank and bringing the solid particles into counter-current contact with an upward flow which is formed by a part of the washing liquid fed.
- the present invention has been accomplished on the basis of this finding.
- the invention provides a process for continuously washing solid particles comprising:
- the impurities in the solid particles are sufficiently removed and the amount of a used washing liquid to be discharged as the waste is reduced. Therefore, the costs for treating the used washing liquid is reduced to provide an industrially quite advantageous washing method of solid particles.
- the mother liquor left after separating the washed solid particles from the slurry can be used as the disperse medium for the solid particles to be fed into the washing tank from its upper portion or as the washing liquid to be fed into the washing tank from its bottom portion.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration showing a process for washing solid particles according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration showing a washing process in which solid particles are fed into a washing tank after mixed with a disperse medium in a slurry preparation tank and a mother liquor separated in a solid-liquid separator is recycled as a washing liquid.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration showing a washing process in which solid particles are fed into a washing tank after mixed with a disperse medium in a slurry preparation tank and a mother liquor separated in a solid-liquid separator is recycled as a disperse medium for preparing a slurry.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration showing a process for washing solid particles employed in Comparative Examples 1 and 2, in which a combination of a common washing tank and solid-liquid separator is used.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration showing a stirring blade used in examples, in which the upper is a top plan view, the lower is a side view, and D is the inner diameter of washing tank.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration showing another stirring blade used in examples, in which the upper is a top plan view, the lower is a side view, and D is the inner diameter of washing tank.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic illustration showing a washing apparatus used in Examples 8 and 9.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic illustration showing a stirring blade used in Examples 8 and 9, in which the upper is a top plan view and the lower is a side view.
- the washing operation of the solid particles referred to herein includes operations generally employed to reduce the content of impurities in the solid particles by using a washing liquid, such as an operation of removing impurities attached to the solid particle surface by dissolving the impurities in a washing liquid, an operation of removing impurities inside the solid particles by extracting the impurities with a washing liquid, and an operation of obtaining washed solid particles by separating a solvent containing impurities from a slurry produced by the chemical reaction in the solvent.
- a washing liquid such as an operation of removing impurities attached to the solid particle surface by dissolving the impurities in a washing liquid, an operation of removing impurities inside the solid particles by extracting the impurities with a washing liquid, and an operation of obtaining washed solid particles by separating a solvent containing impurities from a slurry produced by the chemical reaction in the solvent.
- the shape and structure of the washing tank used in the present invention is not particularly limited.
- the vertical washing tanks 2 , 34 shown in FIGS. 1-3 and 7 may be preferably used.
- the continuous washing of solid particle of the invention will be roughly described below.
- the solid particles are fed into the washing tank as they are ( FIG. 1 ) or in a slurry form ( FIGS. 2 , 3 and 7 ) from a feed port at an upper portion of the washing tank.
- the solid particles fed are allowed to gravitationally sediment in the washing tank to form a high-concentration zone of solid particles.
- the washing liquid is fed into the washing tank from its bottom portion. A part of the washing liquid fed forms an upward flow which is then brought into counter-current contact with the solid particles in the high-concentration zone to wash the solid particles.
- the washed solid particles are discharged from the bottom portion of the washing tank as a slurry together with a part of the remainder of the washing liquid.
- the upward flow of the washing liquid further rises to drain from a used washing liquid outlet at the upper portion of the washing tank.
- a major part of the disperse medium in the slurry drains from the used washing liquid outlet together with the upward flow of the washing liquid.
- the washing tank is generally operated at 0 to 230° C. under 0 to 10 MPaG (gauge pressure).
- the used washing liquid outlet At a portion higher than the position of the solid particle/slurry feed port.
- the lower end of the solid particle feed port is preferably positioned below the used washing liquid outlet.
- the high-concentration zone may be formed by controlling the discharge amount of the slurry from the bottom portion of the washing tank. If the concentration of the solid particles in the high-concentration zone is too low, the solid particles and the liquid therein undergo a vigorous convection mixing to reduce the effect of removing impurities. If the concentration of solid particles is too high, the blocking of solid particles and the clogging of the slurry discharge port come to easily occur to make a stable operation difficult.
- the concentration of solid particles in the high-concentration zone is preferably 15 to 50% by volume.
- the concentration of solid particles in the high-concentration zone may be controlled by changing the feeding rates of solid particles and the washing liquid.
- a washing tank equipped with a stirrer preferably used is a stirrer comprising a central shaft and a plurality of stirring blades which form horizontal circular flows by rotation and are fitted to the central shaft along its vertical direction.
- the shapes of the stirring blades capable of forming circular flow are illustrated in FIGS. 5 , 6 and 8 .
- the diameter of the stirring blade is preferably 0.5 to 0.99 time the inner diameter of the washing tank.
- the rotation speed of the stirring blade is preferably 0.2 to 5 m/s in terms of a peripheral speed of its tip end. If the rotation speed is too low, the effect of preventing the vertical convection flow of solid particles is lowered. If the rotation speed is too high, an excessive mixing is caused. In both cases, the effect of removing impurities is lowered.
- a stirring blade having a different shape from the other blades for example, a slant paddle blade and a turbine blade, may be used as the lowermost stirring blade which is disposed near the bottom of the washing tank.
- the height of the high-concentration zone by increasing the height of the washing tank and to increase the number of stirring blades.
- the number of stirring blades to be generally used is 1 to 30.
- the stirring blades are arranged at interspaces of a given level or more, preferably 0.1 to 2 times and more preferably 0.2 to 1.5 times the diameter of the washing tank.
- the height of the high-concentration zone (from the bottom of washing tank to its upper surface) is preferably 0.5 to 0.95 time the height of the used washing liquid outlet form the bottom of washing tank.
- the height of the high-concentration zone is preferably 1.03 to 1.5 times the uppermost blade from the bottom of washing tank.
- the flow rate of the upward flow of washing liquid is one part by weight or less and preferably 0.5 part by weight or less per one part by weight of the solid particles being treated.
- the flow rate is preferably 0.01 part by weight or more per one part by weight of the solid particles being treated.
- the flow rate (upward linear velocity) exceeding zero is enough to form the upward flow of washing liquid, and the upper limit is preferably about 3.3 m/h.
- the slurry discharged from the washing tank is introduced into the solid-liquid separator.
- a storage tank is preferably disposed before the solid-liquid separator to reduce the temperature and pressure of slurry to suitable levels for treatments in the solid-liquid separator.
- the storage tank is not required if the solid-liquid separator is operable under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions.
- the solid-liquid separator include a centrifugal sediment separator, a centrifugal filter separator, a vacuum filter and a pressure filter, although not limited thereto.
- the solid-liquid separator to be used is preferably of a type capable of continuously receiving the slurry and continuously discharging a separated cake and a mother liquor.
- the mother liquor left after separating the solid particles from the slurry may be recycled as the washing liquid for the solid particles. If the disperse medium is the same as the washing liquid, the mother liquor may also be recycled as the disperse medium.
- the solid particles are allowed to gravitationally sediment in the washing process of the invention. If the size of the solid particles is too small, the sedimentation velocity is low to result in the failure in treating a sufficient amount of solid particles. On the contrary, if the size is too large, the sedimentation velocity of the solid particles becomes too high to result in the failure in attaining a sufficient washing effect. Therefore, the size of solid particles is preferably 0.01 to 5 mm and more preferably 0.02 to 2 mm in terms of a median diameter on volume basis. If the solid particles to be washed have a particle size distribution, fine particles escape in some cases from the used washing liquid outlet together with the upward flow of the washing liquid.
- Particles having a diameter of 0.005 mm or less usually escape from the used washing liquid outlet together with the upward flow of the washing liquid without sedimenting, although depending upon the properties of the washing liquid and the disperse medium for slurry. If the escape of fine particles should be prevented, the lower limit of the particle size distribution is preferably 0.005 mm or more.
- the content of impurities tends to increase with decreasing particle size in some cases. This may be because that the finer the particles, the larger the surface area becomes to let the impurities adhere or attach more easily, or that the finer the particles, the larger the amount of liquid retained in the solid particles after solid-liquid separation. Therefore, if the fine particles containing the impurities in a relatively high content escape, the content of impurities of the solid particles discharged from the bottom portion of the washing tank is reduced to enhance the washing effect. Therefore, if the amount of fine particles escaping together with the used washing liquid is within the tolerable range, the escape thereof creates rather beneficial results.
- solid particles to be washed include aromatic polycarboxylic acids that are aromatic hydrocarbons having one or more aromatic rings such as benzene, naphthalene and biphenyl having their aromatic rings substituted by two or more carboxyl groups.
- benzene polycarboxylic acids preferred are isophthalic acid, etc. except for terephthalic acid.
- naphthalene polycarboxylic acids include naphthalene dicarboxylic acids, naphthalene tricarboxylic acids and naphthalene tetracarboxylic acids, with naphthalene dicarboxylic acids being preferred because of their utility as raw materials for polyesters, urethanes and liquid crystal polymers, and 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid being more preferred.
- biphenyl polycarboxylic acids examples include biphenyl dicarboxylic acids, biphenyl tricarboxylic acids and biphenyl tetracarboxylic acids, with biphenyl dicarboxylic acids being preferred because of their utility as raw materials for polyesters, polyamides and liquid crystal polymers, and 4,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid being more preferred.
- the washing liquid is selected from water, aliphatic carboxylic acids such as acetic acid, aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, esters such as carboxylic esters, alcohols, ketones, etc.
- the washing liquid has a sufficient dissolving power to the impurities to be removed from the solid particles, but has a dissolving power not so high to the solid particles to be washed. More specifically, it is more preferred that the washing liquid dissolves the impurities completely at the operating temperature of washing tank, and that the dissolving power to the solid particles to be washed is less than 10 g per 100 g of the washing liquid.
- the specific gravity of the washing liquid should be less than the true specific gravity of the solid particles.
- the sedimentation velocity of the solid particles varies depending upon the specific gravity difference between the solid particles and the washing liquid and the viscosity of the washing liquid. Since a sedimentation velocity which is too high or too low brings about unfavorable results as mentioned above, the solid particles and the washing liquid are preferably combined so as to attain an appropriate sedimentation velocity.
- a washing liquid allowing a terminal sedimentation velocity of preferably 0.0005 to 0.5 m/s, more preferably 0.001 to 0.15 m/s at the average particle size of solid particles.
- the disperse medium used for feeding the solid particles in slurry form may be the same as or different from the washing liquid and may be selected like the washing liquid. If different from the washing liquid, it is preferred that the disperse medium and the washing liquid are mutually dissolved at any ratio to form a uniform solution.
- additives such as surfactants may be added to the washing liquid or the disperse medium for slurry.
- FIG. 1 shows a washing process in which solid particles 11 are directly fed into a washing tank 2 .
- FIGS. 2 and 3 show a process in which the solid particles 11 are mixed with a disperse medium 12 in a slurry preparation tank 1 and then fed into the washing tank 2 .
- This process is suitable when the washing tank is operated under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions to enhance the washing effect and when the solid particles in a slurry obtained by a chemical reaction in a solvent are washed.
- a mother liquor 18 separated in a solid-liquid separator is recycled as a washing liquid 14 , and in FIG.
- the separated mother liquor 18 is recycled as the disperse medium 12 for slurry.
- the slurry is fed into a washing tank 34 from a slurry preparation tank 31 .
- a means for transporting liquid such as a pump and a heating or cooling device such as a heat exchanger are omitted.
- like reference numerals indicate like parts.
- the solid particles 11 are fed into the slurry preparation tank 1 and mixed with the disperse medium 12 .
- the reference numerals 11 , 12 and 1 respectively correspond to a raw material for the solid particles, a reaction solvent and reactor.
- the structure of the slurry preparation tank is not particularly limited as long as its size is sufficient to prepare a slurry by mixing the solid particles and the disperse medium.
- a stirrer may be provided in the slurry preparation tank.
- the slurry from the preparation tank 1 is fed to the washing tank 2 through a line 13 .
- the solid particles fed to the washing tank 2 are allowed to gravitationally sediment while forming a high-concentration zone of the solid particles in the washing tank, and finally discharged as a slurry with a washing liquid 14 from a bottom portion of the washing tank through a line 15 .
- a major part of the disperse medium 12 in the slurry drains through a line 21 from a used washing liquid outlet which is located above the slurry feed port.
- the washing liquid 14 is fed from the bottom portion of the washing tank 2 . A part of the washing liquid 14 rises as an upward flow in the washing tank.
- the upward flow of the washing liquid is brought into a counter-current contact with the solid particles 11 and then drains from the used washing liquid outlet. In this manner described above, the solid particles are washed while preventing the impurity-rich liquid at the upper portion of the washing tank from coming down to mix with the liquid at the bottom portion.
- the slurry discharged from the bottom portion of the washing tank is fed into a solid-liquid separator 4 through a line 15 , a slurry storage 3 and line 16 and separated into a cake 17 and a mother liquor 18 .
- a part of the mother liquor 18 from the solid-liquid separator may be recycled as the washing liquid 14 through a line 19 , or as the disperse medium 12 for preparing the slurry as shown in FIG. 3 .
- the mother liquor which is not recycled is discharged from the system through a line 20 .
- the amount of mother liquor recycled increases, the amount of mother liquor discharged as the waste from the system is preferably reduced. In the process of the invention, substantially the complete amount of the separated mother liquor can be recycled.
- a part of the used washing liquid 21 draining from the used washing liquid outlet of the washing tank 2 may be recycled through a line 23 as the disperse medium 12 for preparing the slurry.
- the impurities are concentrated more in the used washing liquid 21 to facilitate the treatment for making the impurities harmless.
- the amount of used washing liquid 22 to be discharged from the system is reduced. If the washing liquid is expensive and noxious to the environment, the impurities in the used washing liquid should be separated or decomposed for regeneration or reuse of the washing liquid without discharging the used washing liquid from the system.
- the used washing liquid is regenerated, for example, by distillation. Therefore, it is quite advantageous that the amount of used washing liquid is small, because the energy required for regeneration can be saved and the size of regeneration facilities can be reduced.
- the experiment for removing impurities attached to the surface of solid particles was conducted.
- the quartz sand was immersed in an aqueous sodium chloride solution, subjected to solid-liquid separation, and then dried to obtain raw solid particles, which were fed to the washing tank.
- the sodium ion content of the raw solid particles was 830 ppm by weight. Water was used as the washing liquid.
- the washing tank comprised a cylindrical portion having an inner diameter of 300 mm and a conical bottom portion, and had a slurry discharge port at its lowermost portion.
- the cylindrical portion was 2,000 mm long and had a feed port for solid particles at its top surface.
- a used washing liquid outlet was disposed 200 mm below the top surface of the washing tank.
- the lower end of the nozzle of the feed port for solid particles was located 400 mm below the top surface of the washing tank.
- the slurry discharged from the bottom portion of the washing tank was fed to the solid-liquid separator by a pump (not shown).
- the solid-liquid separator used was a centrifugal precipitation type.
- the separated solid particles were dried and then measured for attached sodium ions.
- the raw solid particles and the washing water were fed at respective rates of 100 parts by weight/h and 20 parts by weight/h while rotating the stirrer at 60 rpm.
- a high-concentration zone of solid particles was formed in the washing tank without discharging the slurry from the bottom portion.
- the discharge of the slurry from the bottom portion and the feeding of the slurry to the separator were started.
- the mother liquor obtained in the separator was completely recycled to the washing tank as the washing liquid through the recycling line.
- the washing tank was continuously operated while controlling the amount of the slurry discharged from the bottom portion so as to maintain the upper surface of the high-concentration zone at constant level, and simultaneously, controlling the feeding amount of washing water so as to allow the used washing liquid to drain from the used washing liquid outlet in a rate of about 10 parts by weight per one hour.
- the concentration of solid particles in the high-concentration zone was 25 to 26% by volume.
- the separated solid particles were dried and measured for the water content and the residual sodium ion concentration.
- the water content was 5 to 6% by weight and the sodium ion concentration was 5.2 to 6.1 ppm on the washed solid particles sampled after reaching a stable operation and dried.
- the removal of sodium ions based on the raw solid particles was 99.27 to 99.37%.
- Example 1 Using an apparatus for washing solid particles comprising a combination of a common washing tank and a common solid-liquid separator as shown in FIG. 4 , an experiment for evaluating the effect of removing impurities was conducted.
- the washing tank was equipped with a stirrer having slant paddle blades.
- the solid-liquid separator was the same type as used in Example 1.
- the same solid particles as used in Example 1 and a washing water were fed to the washing tank at respective rates of 100 parts by weight/h and 250 parts by weight/h.
- the discharged slurry was fed to the separator by a pump.
- the separated mother liquor (about 240 parts by weight) was not reused and completely discharged from the system.
- the separated solid particles were analyzed in the same manner as in Example 1.
- the water content was 5 to 6% by weight, the sodium ion concentration was 17 to 20 ppm, and the removal of sodium ions was 97.6 to 97.9%.
- Comparative Example 1 The procedure of Comparative Example 1 was repeated except that the washing liquid was fed at a rate of 15 to 16 parts by weight/h and a part of the separated mother liquor was discharged from the system at a rate of 10 parts by weight/h while recycling the remainder to the washing tank.
- the water content was 5 to 6% by weight, the sodium ion concentration was 280 to 320 ppm, and the removal of sodium ions was 33 to 38%.
- Example 1 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated except that the feeding amount of the washing water was controlled so as to allow the used washing liquid to drain at a rate of about 30 parts by weight/h.
- the sodium ion concentration was 0.58 to 0.63 ppm and the removal of sodium ions was 99.92 to 99.93%.
- Example 1 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated except that a part of the mother liquor separated in the separator was discharged from the system at a rate of 10 parts by weight/h while recycling the remainder as the washing water.
- the sodium ion concentration was 1.8 to 2.1 ppm and the removal of sodium ions was 99.75 to 99.78%.
- Example 1 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated except for changing the number of stirring blades to five and the interspaces to 300 mm. The removal of sodium ions was 98.2 to 98.3%.
- Example 1 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated except for using the stirring blades shown in FIG. 6 .
- the removal of sodium ions was 97.2 to 97.8%.
- Example 1 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated except for changing the feeding amount of solid particles to 250 parts by weight/h and the draining amount of used washing liquid to 30 parts by weight/h. During the operation, the concentration of solid particles in the high-concentration zone was about 14% by volume.
- the water content was 5 to 7%, the sodium ion concentration was 150 to 170 ppm, and the removal of sodium ions was 79 to 82%.
- the granular alumina fed had a sodium ion concentration of 970 ppm.
- the water content was about 6%, the sodium ion concentration was 8.3 to 8.8 ppm, and the removal of sodium ions was 99.09 to 99.14%.
- an acetic acid solvent slurry (crude slurry) of crude isophthalic acid crystals obtained by the liquid-phase oxidation of m-xylene was washed with water.
- the crude slurry was produced in industrial scale by oxidizing m-xylene at 200° C. in a water-containing acetic acid solvent in the presence of an oxidation catalyst comprising cobalt, manganese and a bromine compound while blowing air into the solvent.
- the concentration of isophthalic acid crystals in the crude slurry was 30% by weight, and the mother liquor after removing the crystalline component consisted of 86% by weight of acetic acid and 14% by weight of water.
- the crude slurry in a preparation tank 31 was fed to an upper portion of a washing tank 34 through a line 33 by driving a pump 32 .
- the washing tank 34 was constructed by a titanium cylinder having an inner diameter D of 36 mm and equipped with a stirring shaft 36 connected to a motor 35 .
- the stirring shaft 36 was provided with fifteen stirring blades 37 at 50-mm interspaces at its portion below a feed port for the crude slurry.
- the stirring blades shown in FIG. 8 were used.
- the diameter d of the stirring blade was 32 mm, being about 0.9 time the inner diameter D.
- An outlet pipe 39 for used washing liquid was disposed at the top portion of the washing tank 34 .
- a feeding pipe 40 for the washing liquid and a discharging pipe 41 for the washed slurry were disposed at the bottom portion of the washing tank 34 .
- the washing liquid was fed to the washing tank 34 by means of a pump 42 .
- flow meters and flow control valves (not shown) were provided in the lines 33 , 40 and 41 .
- a valve (not shown) for controlling the inner pressure of the washing tank was provided in a line 39 .
- the washing tank was filled with water of 90° C. by driving the pump 42 .
- the feeding amount of water was controlled so as to adjust the upward linear velocity of water flow to 0.5 m/h.
- the shaft 36 and the stirring blades 37 were rotated at 120 rpm by driving the motor 35 .
- the peripheral speed of the tip end of stirring blade was 0.20 m/s.
- the pump 32 was operated to feed the crude slurry of 160° C. from a feeding nozzle 38 through the line 33 at a flow rate of 8.3 kg/h.
- the feeding amount of the washing water was increased and the discharge of the slurry from the bottom portion of washing tank was started.
- the discharged slurry was stored in a storage tank 43 .
- the amount of the slurry being discharged was controlled so as to maintain the height of the high-concentration zone at the intended level, and simultaneously, the amount of the washing water being fed was controlled so as to maintain the upward linear velocity of water flow at the intended level (0.5 m/h).
- the operation was continued for 4 h after the system was stabilized, and a sample was taken out of the discharged slurry.
- the sample was subjected to solid-liquid separation and dried to obtain isophthalic acid crystals.
- the hue of the crystals expressed by OD 340 was 0.71.
- OD 340 is the absorbance at 340 nm and measured by a spectrophotometer on a filtrate in 50-mm quartz cell, which filtrate was prepared by dissolving 5.0 g of isophthalic acid crystals in 30 ml of 3N ammonia water and filtering through a 5- ⁇ m membrane filter.
- acetic acid solvent slurry of isophthalic acid produced in industrial scale was subjected to solid-liquid separation using a rotary vacuum filter (RVF) and then dried to obtain crude isophthalic acid crystals.
- OD 340 was 2.42.
- an acetic acid solvent slurry (crude slurry) of crude 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid crystals obtained by the liquid-phase oxidation of 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene was washed with water.
- the crude slurry was produced in pilot apparatus by oxidizing 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene at 200° C. in a water-containing acetic acid solvent in the presence of an oxidation catalyst comprising cobalt, manganese and a bromine compound while blowing air into the solvent.
- the concentration of 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid crystals in the crude slurry was 28% by weight, and the mother liquor after removing the crystalline component consisted of 88% by weight of acetic acid and 12% by weight of water.
- Example 8 The procedure of Example 8 was repeated except for feeding the crude slurry of 190° C. at a rate of 50 g/h. The operation was continued for 4 h after the system was stabilized, and a sample was taken out of the discharged slurry. The sample was subjected to solid-liquid separation and dried to obtain 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid crystals. The hue of the crystals expressed by OD 400 was 0.78.
- OD 400 is the absorbance at 400 nm and measured by a spectrophotometer on a filtrate in 10-mm quartz cell, which filtrate was prepared by dissolving 1.0 g of 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid crystals in 10 ml of 1N NaOH aqueous solution and filtering through a 5- ⁇ m membrane filter.
- the process of the present invention is applicable to various washing operations such as an operation of removing impurities attached to the solid particle surface by dissolving the impurities in a washing liquid, an operation of removing impurities inside the solid particles by extracting the impurities with a washing liquid, and an operation of obtaining washed solid particles by separating a solvent containing impurities from a slurry produced by the chemical reaction in the solvent.
- the invention is industrially useful.
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